MANUAL

FOR THE USE OF THE

GENERAL COURT: ;

CONTAINING THE

RULES AND ORDERS OF THE TWO BRANCHES,

TOGETHER WITH

THE CONSTITUTION OF THE COMMONWEALTH, AND
THAT OF THE UNITED STATES,

AND

A LIST OF THE EXECUTIVE, LEGISLATIVE, AND JUDICIAL
DEPARTMENTS OF THE STATE GOVERNMENT, STATE
INSTITUTIONS AND THEIR OFFICERS, COUNTY
OFFICERS, AND OTHER STATISTICAL
INFORMATION.

Samuel A. UGreen, In D.

Commonwealth of Massachusetts.

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IN SENATE, June 21, 1870.

ORDERED, That the Clerks of the two branches cause to be prepared and printed before the meeting of the next General Court, twenty-five hundred copies of so much of the Legislative Manual as may be practicable, on the general plan of the present year.

Sent down for concurrence.

S. N. GIFFORD, Clerk. HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, June 23, 1870.

Concurred.

W. S. ROBINSON, Clerk.

IN SENATE, January 11, 1871.

ORDERED, That the Clerks of the two branches cause to be printed and bound in a suitable form twenty-five hundred copies of the Rules and Orders of the two branches, with lists of the several Standing and Special Committees, together with such other matter as may be considered practicable, in a Legislative Manual.

Boston, Hartford and Erie Railroad, State Directors of,

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Census of Inhabitants in 1865 and 1870, Legal voters in

Common Pleas, Justices of the Court of, from 1820 to 1859,

138

Congressional Districts,

102

Constitution of Massachusetts,

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* Since the Manual went to press, Mr. Nahum Leonard, Jr., has been
appointed Superintendent of the almshouse at Bridgewater.

Court, Superior, of Judicature, from 1692 to 1775,

District-Attorneys,

Court of Common Pleas, Justices of from 1820 to 1859,

Court, Superior, Justices of since 1859,

Superior, present Justices,

Court, Supreme, since the Revolution,
Supreme Judicial, present Justices,

Courts of Probate and Insolvency,

Courts, Police, Municipal and District,

District Courts,

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139

Dukes County, Officers,

145

Education, Board of,

152

Education, Board of, Secretaries of, since 1837,

129

House of Representatives, list of Members of, by Counties,
List of Members of, alphabetical, their districts, and

276

Idiotic and Feeble-minded Youth, Massachusetts School for,

Page.

156

Leather, Inspector of,

Legislature, organization of, since 1780,

Length of Sessions of, since 1832,

Lieutenant-Governors of Massachusetts, since 1692,

Liquor Commissioner,

of 1830, '40, '50, and '60,

Post-Offices in Massachusetts,

Police Courts,

Population of the United States, according to the Censuses

Pot and Pearl Ashes, Inspector of,

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*Since the Manual went to press, Mr. Horatio G. Herrick, of Law-
rence, has been appointed on the commission, in place of Mr. Story,
resigned.

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